Yes, I am happy to support a community response to the RFI. I would like to understand more about the context with which GAVI/GF are approaching this, and to what extent they are interested in supporting existing or planned LMIS implementations in-country (specifically, Angola).

For context, PSM Angola has had a few brief conversations with GAVI about using OpenLMIS to support vaccine distribution throughout Angola. I have requested further meetings to discuss their requirements, timelines and level of support but we are waiting on commitment from GAVI to these requests.

I will work on some questions for you to include and/or discuss further.

We will submit clarifying questions (listed here) by December 10th. Based on the comments from @sdean and @Gaurav_Bhattacharya I believe the BIGGEST open question is if the OpenLMIS community can submit one response on behalf of ALL community members (Chemonics/PSM, PATH, JSI, VillageReach, CHAI, etc.) or if each organization must submit a response. Please add your questions to the google doc and I will submit on December 10th.

We can start drafting our response (here)
2.a. @ibewes has started to work on the System Requirements section.
2.b. Please review the Annex A and let me know which sections you’d be willing to support on. I have left comments and anyone is welcome to chime in. There are some on project profiles which I think folks from JSI could help with.

Once we hear back on the question about one submission or if each organization has to submit. If we can submit one, Rebecca and I can submit on behalf of the community using the info@openlmis email which all trusted partners have access to via the forum. I have requested an ID from the procurement team.

If folks are willing, we can schedule a call next week to discuss how to start drafting responses in more details. Please let me know if you are able to meet at any of the following times:

Dec 10 (Monday) at 6:00am Pacific / 9:00am Eastern

Dec 11 (Tuesday) at 6:00am Pacific / 9:00am Eastern

Dec 12 (Wednesday) at 6:00am Pacific / 9:00am Eastern

I am in DC next week so I apologize for the inconvenient times. I can also hold multiple calls if times don’t work out.

Hi @pdowling, I didn’t hear back from others so perhaps the two of us could check in. I think there are some sections you could help us get started with. My skype is maryjo.kochendorfer.vr. Let’s connect at 9:00am on Monday.

Also, I want to strongly support a community/consortium response. It can also include integrated/connected tools (like the SIGLUS Android application and/or Facility Edition). These are tools that are part of the OpenLMIS family, and it will greatly help reviewers to get one consolidated view of this ecosystem.

Finally, I have a suggestion about how we handle features that are not (yet) in OpenLMIS. I think it’s worth mentioning when a feature is on our roadmap, and even linking to the JIRA ticket or wiki page where we are collecting requirements for a feature. Then people reviewing or using the our GAVI/GF RFI response later in the future will know where to go to participate in the conversation and advocate for the features they consider important.

Hello everyone,
We have the supplier ID and I have submitted questions. I will be sending out requests for information on Monday. Deadline is Dec 20th UTC timezone so we should aim to complete the response by the 19th.

@brandon - great ideas and yes we will to include all the integrated/connected systems as a part of our response.

First, a quick update for everyone regarding our next steps and timeline for this submission:

Monday 17th: Trusted partners and other contributors to submit requested information by COB
Tuesday18th: Rebecca & Mary Jo to pull together and finalize our response
Wednesday 19th: Draft will be circulated for community review and feedbackThursday 20th: submit final draft

Second, a special request for information from our Trusted Partners for this proposal:
*GAVI wants to know who from our partner organizations has either;

staff with ‘‘industry recognized supply chain certifications’’

staff with ‘‘ability demonstrate sound and practical understanding of public sector supply-chain systems and processes, especially in the context of the international development/humanitarian sector’’

**TPs-**Please respond to this thread on behalf of your organizations by COB Monday indicating if:

your staff have any supply chain certifications (if so, how many, and which ones)

if there are members of your staff with a strong supply chain background, kindly indicate how many, and provide 2-3 sentences describing their experience/qualifications. If no staff are strong in supply chain, that is perfectly find, kindly just indicate ‘no’

Thanks everyone for their support and cooperation in pulling this together!

Update: GAVI/GF has responded to the questions submitted on the RFI. Please see this document for the details. Our question on if the consortium can submit one response was answered. They said, “Yes, all partners are eligible to respond to RFPs in future.” See Question 29.

I will be reaching out to folks for review and support next week so we can finalize the OpenLMIS response to the RFI.

Cost, Pricing & Sustainability Requirements section. Does anyone have thoughts on how we can approach this in terms of responding to A, b, c, d, e and the comments?

Documentation Requirements. Per the question on the Product Committee, could anyone provide example documents for the community to leverage or ways we can respond to this piece in a ‘consortium’ way?

Row 197, @Ashraf_Islam or @Taliesin_Brian, what do you think they mean by “Provides automated report distribution facilities”? I’m unclear of what it even means…

After reading all the Q&A it really seems like we need to detail a feature list of OpenLMIS AND highlight the implementation capacities of the community (i.e. track record). If anyone has suggestions on the latter, I would really appreciate support in writing up a narrative on behalf the community. I will start on the feature list and narrative. Thanks!

Would someone be willing to share what they would consider “operating documentation”? Do others think they may mean documentation that supports an admin in configuring or operating the system? I welcome input!

I have made some tweeks to it to ensure that the information here is presented consistently across all organizations. If anyone would like their information to be edited in any way, kindly let me know by tomorrow (Friday).

Based on the context I’d interpret this along the lines of…
As district supply chain officer, I would like to automatically receive a monthly report of facility stock availability on the 15th of each month, so I am prepared for meetings with the district medical officer and recommend investments in essential medicines.
As a district vaccine officer, I would like to automatically receive a report of facilities who are in danger of running out of supplies before the end of the month, so that I can plan non-routine resupply.